“Joel has supported hundreds of B2B brand clients as a publisher over the years. Now he has the opportunity to focus all of that digital media experience on one single brand in a topic area where he’s actually been a practitioner.” – Mitch Greenwald, CEO & Founder, Cloudbakers

CHICAGO (PRWEB)
March 31, 2020

Joel Hughes joined the executive team at Cloudbakers in March as Chief Marketing Officer. For the past 19 years Joel has supported the technical side of B2B media at multiple B2B publishers in roles covering IT, software engineering, and digital product development & strategy. Joel has also been a Cloudbakers client twice and was an early adopter of Google Cloud technologies.

“We are so excited to have Joel on board to take our content marketing and outreach to the next level. Joel has supported hundreds of B2B brand clients as a publisher over the years. Now he has the opportunity to focus all of that digital media experience on one single brand in a topic area where he’s actually been a practitioner. I have known Joel for years and we’ve worked on multiple projects together so this just makes total sense for us.” – Mitch Greenwald, CEO & Founder, Cloudbakers

The CMO role will oversee all brand marketing as well as our strategic alliances with partner vendors like Google Cloud and Zoho.

About Cloudbakers

Cloudbakers is a Google Cloud Premier Partner that has been helping organizations successfully migrate to cloud technologies for nearly a decade. Being one of only a few Google Cloud Premier Partners, their mix of 50% tech skills and 50% people skills means they bring together custom solutions and side-by-side support. Adopting and adapting to changing technology is a difference maker for any business– that’s what Cloudbakers is here to help with. They bring the cloud down to earth. http://www.cloudbakers.com

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We are committed to doing everything in our power to support U.S. small businesses impacted by COVID-19. In such moments of crisis, organizations have a unique opportunity to come together to help those hit the hardest. It’s heartening to see so many organizations band together…

ATLANTA (PRWEB)
March 31, 2020

Kabbage, a data and technology company providing small business cash flow solutions, announces major U.S. companies have joined the http://www.helpsmallbusiness.com initiative to support small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis. Launched on March 18, http://www.helpsmallbusiness.com is empowering hundreds of U.S. small businesses to generate critical revenue through the sale of online gift certificates during this national economic slowdown.

Kabbage is not profiting from this effort, and partners have pledged similar commitments to offer relief and spread the word to aid small businesses, including:

• Alibaba.com
• Become.co
• Brickell Capital Finance
• Finix
• GroupRaise
• Gusto
• The Hartford
• Lendio
• Nav
• Pledge 1%
• Small Business Connection
• Soofa.co
• StartupNation
• UPS

The initiative is a call to action across the entire business sector to support small businesses that are most vulnerable to economic shortfalls. Organizations interested in joining these efforts may reach out to partnerships@kabbage.com.

“We are committed to doing everything in our power to support U.S. small businesses impacted by COVID-19,” said Kabbage CEO Rob Frohwein. “In such moments of crisis, organizations have a unique opportunity to come together to help those hit the hardest. It’s heartening to see so many organizations band together and show their unconditional commitment to small businesses.”

About Kabbage

Kabbage, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, is a data and technology company providing

small businesses cash flow solutions. Its suite of products includes Kabbage Funding™, providing access to flexible lines of credit in minutes; Kabbage Payments™, helping small businesses get paid and access the money they earn faster; and Kabbage Insights™, calculating small business’s real-time cash flow. To date, Kabbage has provided more than 225,000 U.S. small businesses access to over $9.5 billion of working capital. Kabbage is funded and backed by leading investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, BlueRun Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures and others. All Kabbage Funding U.S.-based loans, including custom loans, are issued by Celtic Bank, a Utah-Chartered Industrial Bank, Member FDIC, and are subject to credit approval. Kabbage Payments, LLC, a subsidiary of Kabbage, Inc., is a registered Payment Service Provider/Payment Facilitator sponsored by Fifth ThirdBank, N.A., Cincinnati, OH. For more information, please visit http://www.kabbage.com.

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I’m excited to join the innovative, dedicated team at Corsa Security. Their revolutionary approach to scale network security and give enterprises the ability to gain 100% traffic inspection can be a real game changer.

OTTAWA (PRWEB)
March 31, 2020

Corsa Security today announced it has appointed Claudio Perugini as its Chief Revenue Officer. With over 30 years’ executive leadership experience in enterprise security, software and networking markets, Perugini has gained a reputation for building, driving and motivating sales teams and channel partners to grow revenue. He will work with CEO, Eduardo Cervantes to strengthen the sales team, optimize new business opportunities and deepen relationships with strategic partners.

As an accomplished and highly qualified sales executive, Perugini has been instrumental in the start-up, growth, turnaround and optimization of businesses like Gigamon, where he grew revenue in the Americas by 10 fold and led it through a successful IPO. As Executive Vice President of Global Sales at LightCyber, Perugini was responsible for the buildout of global sales, channel and field engineering teams, contributing to the company’s overall growth and resulting acquisition by Palo Alto Networks in 2017. In addition, Perugini was a founding member of Fluke Networks, a division of Danaher, where he held several sales leadership roles helping them grow from startup to a $500 million division. You can learn more on LinkedIn.

“Claudio’s appointment is a significant step in our company’s expansion,” said Eduardo Cervantes, President and CEO, Corsa Security. “He has a strong background of successfully growing many businesses, establishing strategic partnerships with key channels, and developing excellent customer relationships and loyalty.”

“I’m excited to join the innovative, dedicated team at Corsa Security,” said Claudio Perugini. “Their revolutionary approach to scale network security and give enterprises the ability to gain 100% traffic inspection can be a real game changer. Some sales executives build and lay the train tracks, some ride on the tracks that others build. I empower people by building teams that can go on to build and lay new tracks, leading to sustainable growth.”

Corsa Security has been gaining significant momentum over the past year with the launch of its turnkey Network Security Virtualization Platform, establishing key partnerships with both Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks and working to expand its Network Security Ecosystem by signing several Channel Partners. They have also announced key customer wins such as Recoletas Red Hospitalaria.

About Corsa Security

Corsa Security is the leader in scaling network security with the first turnkey network security virtualization platform that simplifies how large enterprises and service providers scale traffic inspection, including SSL/TLS encrypted, at much lower total cost of ownership (TCO). By tightly integrating virtualization with intelligent orchestration, Corsa Security streamlines deployment, management and operations of virtualized next generation firewall (NGFW) arrays for large networks. Customers subscribe to the Corsa Security service based on their traffic inspection capacity needs and then pay as they grow while never having to deal with the infrastructure. Learn how Corsa Security is revolutionizing network security at corsa.com.

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Debbie Fiorino was named a 2020 Influential Business Woman by South Florida Business Journal.

Being an Influential Business Woman extends beyond the boardroom, it is about being a role model, a calming voice of reason in times of uncertainty and inspiring others to persevere as we will all come out stronger on the other side.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (PRWEB)
March 31, 2020

Dream Vacations, CruiseOne® and Cruises Inc.® Chief Operating Officer Debbie Fiorino was recently named an Influential Business Woman by South Florida Business Journal. Honorees have strong records of leadership, performance and innovation in their industries plus meaningful community involvement.

“2020 has been a roller coaster of a year and while being recognized as an Influential Business Woman is always an honor, this recognition is even more meaningful today as we are all navigating through unforeseen circumstances impacting the world we live in,” said Fiorino. “To me, being an Influential Business Woman extends beyond the boardroom, it is about being a role model, a calming voice of reason in times of uncertainty and inspiring others to persevere as we will all come out stronger on the other side.”

Fiorino was honored for her dynamic personality and servant leadership; she not only changed the company culture, but also made the division experience incredible growth year-after-year since taking over in 2014. Her influence extends beyond Dream Vacations, CruiseOne and Cruises Inc., through her extensive community involvement and her advocacy for travel agents nationwide, which is more prevalent and important than ever before.

This recognition comes on the heels of several other accolades Fiorino received early this year, including being name a Power Woman by Moves magazine and a Woman of Wonder by Franchise Dictionary magazine.

To learn more about the CruiseOne / Dream Vacations travel agency franchise opportunity, please visit http://www.dreamvacationsfranchise.com, and visit http://www.sellcruises.com to learn more about the Cruises Inc. business opportunity.

About Dream Vacations, CruiseOne® and Cruises Inc.®

Dream Vacations, CruiseOne® and Cruises Inc.® are part of World Travel Holdings, the nation’s largest cruise agency and award-winning leisure travel company. The Dream Vacations and CruiseOne franchise opportunities give entrepreneurs a choice in how they want to brand their travel business, and Cruises Inc. is an independent business opportunity. Both business models provide a work-from-home opportunity to those interested in selling all types of travel experiences whether it be a cruise, resort stay or land tour. With a mission of delivering a remarkable experience, travel agents with all three brands are given premium resources to plan and create a seamless vacation experience for the customer while offering the best value. For more information on Dream Vacations and CruiseOne, visit http://www.DreamVacationsFranchise.com, like the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/DreamVacationsFranchise, follow on Twitter at @Dream_Franchise or watch its videos at http://www.youtube.com/DreamVacationsBusiness. For more information on Cruises Inc., visit http://www.SellCruises.com and become a fan on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SellCruises.

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“At a time of unprecedented volatility in US domestic politics, the need for sharp, strategic insights is clear. We are delighted that our clients will again benefit from Jon’s deep expertise and market-relevant analysis at this critical juncture.” – Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group president

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
March 30, 2020

Jon Lieber, former principal at PwC, has rejoined Eurasia Group as managing director for the United States. Lieber previously led United States coverage at the firm from 2016 to 2017.

Based in Washington, DC, Lieber will lead the firm’s coverage of political and policy developments in the US capital.

“At a time of unprecedented volatility in US domestic politics, the need for sharp, strategic insights is clear,” said Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group. “We are delighted that our clients will again benefit from Jon’s deep expertise and market-relevant analysis at this critical juncture.”

As part of Eurasia Group’s expanded US politics coverage, the firm has also partnered with Ipsos, one of the top global public opinion firms, to offer clients exclusive analysis that weds Ipsos data analytics and polling expertise with Eurasia Group’s experience in covering both the US primaries and the general election.

At PwC, Lieber was a principal in the National Economics and Statistics group. He has extensive experience in government working as an economist at the House Ways and Means Committee, an associate director at the National Economic Council at the White House, and a senior economic policy advisor to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In these roles, Lieber has advised senior elected officials, staff, and business leaders on a wide range of policy areas, negotiated spending and tax packages with the Obama administration, and shepherded several significant trade agreements through Congress.

Lieber holds a master’s degree in economics and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Tufts University. (Full bio)

Eurasia Group is the world’s leading global political risk research and consulting firm. By providing information and insight on how political developments move markets, we help clients anticipate and respond to instability and opportunities everywhere they invest or do business. Our expertise includes developed and developing countries in every region of the world, specific economic sectors, and the business and investment playing fields of the future. With our best-in-class advisory and consulting offerings and GZERO Media, the Eurasia Group umbrella provides the marketplace with a complete political risk solution. Headquartered in New York, we have offices in Washington DC, London, San Francisco, Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Singapore, and Tokyo, as well as on-the-ground experts and resources in more than a hundred countries. “Politics first” grounds our work: Politics is the lens through which we view the world, and we are committed to analysis that is free of political bias and the influence of private interests.

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iboss welcomes Nikesh Kalra as Chief Strategy Officer

“Nikesh brings extensive knowledge and expertise leading successful business development teams at Aryaka, Equinix, and Palo Alto Networks. His broad experience in marketing, business development, and sales will help accelerate our growth as we expand our enterprise customer base and transform SASE.”

BOSTON (PRWEB)
March 27, 2020

iboss, the leader in cloud delivered network security, announced today that Nikesh Kalra, has been appointed to the position of Chief Strategy Officer. Nikesh brings over twenty years of industry experience building businesses using creative GTM techniques in enterprise technology.

In this role, Nikesh will be responsible for developing go-to-market plans heavily focused on partner programs and strategic alliances to drive awareness, growth, and more complete solutions for the expanding needs of enterprise customers.

Nikesh joins iboss from Palo Alto Networks, where he served as a GM of the Prisma Access product line and developed it into an early leader in cloud delivered network security. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh served on three critical product launches at Equinix that included the bare metal cloud and cloud exchange and grew the cloud business to a market leading position. In addition, Nikesh has led business development and sales efforts for several innovators in the networking including Aryaka Networks (SDWAN), Front Porch Digital (acquired by Oracle), Digital Fountain (acquired by Qualcomm), and StreamVision (CDN). As an investment banker, Nikesh also served as an advisor on several significant technology transactions. Nikesh holds an Executive Certificate from MIT, an MBA from the University of Oxford, and a BS from the University of Southern California. 

“I am delighted to welcome Nikesh as our Chief Strategy Officer,” said Paul Martini, iboss Co-founder and CEO. “Nikesh brings extensive knowledge and expertise leading successful business development teams at Aryaka, Equinix, and Palo Alto Networks. His broad experience in marketing, business/corporate development, and sales will help accelerate our growth as we expand our enterprise customer base and transform SASE.”

iboss secures Internet on any device, from any location, in the cloud. The iboss cloud platform delivers all network security capabilities in the cloud as a SaaS offering. This eliminates the need for traditional network security appliances allowing organizations to secure network traffic from anywhere, at any scale. With its unique patented containerized cloud architecture, found in no other vendor, iboss cloud can ensure a smoother and more seamless transition to the cloud than any other cloud security vendor on the market.

According to Gartner, the future of network security is in the cloud. Gartner recommends security and risk management leaders who are responsible for security of networks and endpoints should position the adoption of secure access service edge (SASE) as a digital business enabler in the name of speed and agility. The iboss cloud is the easiest path to transition network security from network security appliances to Security as a Service, delivered in the cloud. With an extensive feature-set required by the most demanding enterprises, only iboss cloud can transition all of the capabilities found in traditional web gateway proxies and network firewall appliances to the cloud. 

“I am excited about the opportunity to lead Strategy at iboss, and help create our next wave of partner-driven growth,” said Nikesh Kalra, iboss Chief Strategy Officer. “As a leader in SASE and an originator of cloud native network security, iboss has helped thousands of companies secure their users, locations, and applications. Paul Martini has built an exceptional team, positioning the company for hyper growth. I look forward to the future with iboss and am delighted to be part of the company that designed the most comprehensive cloud network security platform on the market.” 

About iboss 

iboss is a cloud security company that provides organizations and their employees secure access to the Internet on any device, from any location, in the cloud. The iboss cloud platform provides network security as a service, delivered in the cloud, as a complete SaaS offering. This eliminates the need for traditional network security appliances, such as firewalls and web gateway proxies, which are ineffective at protecting a cloud-first and mobile world. Leveraging a purpose-built cloud architecture backed by over 190 issued and pending patents and more than 100 points of presence globally, iboss protects more than 4,000 organizations worldwide. To learn more, visit http://www.iboss.com.

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